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cracker-barrel

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crack·er-bar·rel (krkr-brl)
adj.
Resembling or characteristic of the extended informal discussions carried on by persons habitually assembled at a country store: cracker-barrel philosophy.
[After the cracker barrels that people supposedly would gather round for conversation in old-time general stores.]
cracker-barrel
adj
US rural; rustic; homespun a cracker-barrel philosopher
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Adj.1.cracker-barrel - characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"
folksy, homespun
rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"


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